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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

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By Adrienne Rich — 1995

Adrienne Rich’s influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own―as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother―but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. See more...

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What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness

Research has found that having children is terrible for quality of life—but the truth about what parenthood means for happiness is a lot more complicated.

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On Trans Motherhood, and My Reality of Never Having Biological Children

“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”

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Trans Man Argues Against Being Called Child’s Mother at Appeal Court

Freddy McConnell’s lawyer says judge was wrong to say ‘mother’ was not a gendered term.

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Love, No Matter What | Andrew Solomon

What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...

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15 Things You Didn’t Know about Being a Lesbian Mom

In this 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Being a Lesbian Mom video, we'll try to answer the following questions: What to know about being a lesbian mom? Why Being a mother is so special? What is it like to have 2 moms? What it means to be a good mom? What it means to become a mother? What is...

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Can There Really Be Two Moms?

A lesbian mother grapples with the pain of a child favoring the mother who gave birth to her.

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How Do I React When Strangers Ask Questions About Our Kids?

My wife and I have two children in elementary school. Other parents often ask personal questions about how our family was formed, such as whether we adopted or used a sperm bank, who carried our children, who the real mom is, etc.

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When You're the Mum Who Didn't Carry the Baby: a lesbian parent opens up

Lucy Fry was plagued with a multitude of worries about being a non-biological mum. Now that her and her wife's son is almost two, her fears have diminished.

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10 Things I Learned As A Lesbian Mom

Being a mom for a year now has been such a crazy experience. Nobody can prepare you. It’s exhausting! Like really exhausting. But ultimately, I’d never change a thing about choosing to be a parent and choosing how we are raising Thea (co-sleeping, no pacifier, no bottle, etc.).

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5 Ways It’s Hard to Be a Lesbian Mother

Here are five ways it’s hard to be a lesbian mother…

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Feminism